BILLY NTAOTE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) director general Mahlomola Manyokole (41) and head of the Asset Recovery Unit Peter Matekane (39) are facing charges of corruption and fraud for allegedly swindling the government out of M3,8 million. On Friday, Matekane appeared alongside five other co-accused before Magistrate Nthabiseng

MNNCIJ Team A key witness in the high-profile murder case of Lipolelo Thabane, the former Prime Minister’s estranged wife, has landed a lucrative diplomatic job, leading to suspicions that her appointment is an attempt to appease or silence her. The witness, Thato Sibolla, is due to testify against the former First Lady,

Oscar Nkala KASANE- Rhino poaching in Botswana is getting worse, and the government is not helping matters in any way due to its split attitude on the crisis. On the one hand, the government of President Mokgweetsi Masisi—in power since 2018—acknowledges the seriousness of the crisis but, when it suits it, the

SECHABA MOKHETHI and NICOLE TAU Two All Basotho Convention (ABC) ex-MPs and former minister Chalane Phori have given out a state land that they are accused of illegally occupying to an Australian medical cannabis producer in return for shares in the company. Thabiso Monyatsi, Majoro Mohapi and Phori, were ordered by the

Itumeleng Koleile A Chinese joint venture has taken its controversial battle to win a contract for the upgrading of M380 million Mpilo Boulevard to appeal court after its victory was nullified by high court in 2020. The tender was a sensational issue in 2019, as it was alleged former first lady Maesaiah

NICOLE TAU Machabeng College, Lesotho’s only elite school and sixth-form college, has lost its accreditation and membership of the Council of International Schools (CIS) amid serious allegations of fraud and maladministration against its headmistress, Jannalee Schwimmer. The CIS communicated its decision to withdraw Machabeng’s accreditation in November last year and membership was

Lindiwe Hloaele aged 21, in the middle of her journey home to Thabaneng village, mounting a rocky slope with 25 litres of water on her head. She gets her water from an unprotected well located next to Katse Dam that shows in the background. Disease stalks villages, as Lesotho sells water

MATIISETSO MOSALA The Chinese state-owned construction firm, China Geo-Engineering Corporation, has bungled road blasting at Letobong in the Botha Bothe district, causing major damage to houses and allegedly failing to repair them adequately. This is the second controversy China Geo has been embroiled in over damage to houses caused by roadworks. First incident